Method of manufacturing cigars.



W. F. METGALP & S. W. LEIDIOH.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CIGARS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1912.

1,083,023. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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UNITED PATENT QFFKCEQ WILLIAM F. METCALF AND SYLVESTER LEIDICH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CIGARS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 28, 1912.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, WILLIAM 1 1M121- CALF and SYLVESTER W. LEIDICH, both citi- -zens of the United States, and both residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Method of Manufacturing Cigars, of.

which the following isa specification.

Our invention relates to a novel method of manufacturing cigars in a thorough, sanitary and antiseptic manner, whereby the necessity of the workmen using saliva, gum or paste in perfecting the head of the cigar or the end that is inserted in the mouth of the user is entirely obviated. 7

By our novel method, the necessity of employing gum,'paste, mucilage or the saliva of the workmen is entirely eliminated, since the wrapper of the cigar is initially rolled about the filler or cigar body for the greater extent of its length and the cigar is then put in a press which indents a small annular groove around the head of the cigar which will hold the wrapper securely,the final operations in the press serving, if desired, to p1'0 duc'e additional longitudinal grooves in the head of the cigar between the groove and the extremity of said head, the finished product having a cap of gelatin or other material slipped over the head of the cigar constructed or grooved as described, which is held in place by a pin or other fastening, the result of our novel method being the production of a cigar, which is sanitary and antiseptic throughout, and in which no foreign matter such as mucilage, paste, gum or saliva of the operator enters into during its manufacture, the cap being utilized both as a protection for the head of the cigar and to prevent foreign matter from coming in contact with the same, said cap being also used for advertising purposes, if desired.

ur invention also consists of a novel construction of cigar, wherein the present ob jectionable and unhygienic features of manufacture are dispensed with, (since the workmans fingers during the manufacture of the cigar do not unnecessarily touch the tip or head thereof) and when the consumer removes the cap to smoke the cigar, the same will draw freely by reason of the existence of the hole produced by the pin or other securing device for the cap.

For the purpose of illustrating our new method and product, we have shown in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment which is at present preferred by us, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which our invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these ins'trumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a press employed in carrying out certain steps of our novel method of manufacturing cigars. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the finished cigar, showing the cap thereon in section. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the finished cigar, showing the manner of assembling the cap, and the pin therefor. Fig. 4: represents a section through a portion of the cigar press or mold showing the manner of forming the annular and longitudinal grooves in the head of the cigar. Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

eferring to the drawings :In the present method of manufacturing cigars the workman ordinarily after assembling the filler or body of the cigar, then places the wrapper around said body and commonly employs mucilage, gum or paste upon the end or head of the cigar to secure the wrapper thereon, the workman with his fingers by successive rotary motion shaping the head to a conical shape. In doing this, the work-- man ordinarily is obliged to keep his fingers moist, which he often does by using his own saliva. which makes the present method of manufacturing cigars very objectionable and unhygienic and subjects the public to dangers of contagion.

11 carrying out our present invention, these hitherto existing objections are removed. since we produce a cigar made in a hygienic and sanitary manner and are enabled to produce a finished product, wherein the wrapper is held or secured around the filler without the aid of gum or mucilage. the cigar being rolled and initially wrapped as usual, but instead of pasting the small end or tip and shaping it with the fingers,

the said tip is put in a press provided for this purpose and the desired configuration given to the tip or head by our novel press, in carrying out the steps of our novel method.

Referring to Fig. 1 wherein we have shown one embodiment of a press wherein the steps of our novel method can be carried out, 1 designates the cigar filler bunch or body and 2 the wrapper thereof. The filler and wrapper are initially assembled in the usual way and are then placed in the grooves 8 of the bottom 4 of the press 5, the top of the upper member 6 of the press being correspondingly grooved and then clamped in closed position by the fastening device 7, which in the present instance, we have shown as a threaded stem 8 and a nut 9 as a fastening means for clamping the press members together. The lower member of the press is'provided near the end of the lower groove with an annular ridge 10 which is in line with an annular ridge 11 of the upper press member, so that when thetwo members of the press are closed, as seen in Fig. 4, an annular continu ous projection will press, whereby the annular recess 12 will be produced in the head of thecigar within the press. The upper and lower members of the press are in addition longitudinally grooved as indicated at 13, whereby a series of longitudinal grooves 14L will be formed in the finished cigar when taken from the press, the cigar then appearing substantially as seen at the right of Fig. 3. The cap 15 which may be of gelatin or other material is then placed upon the head of the cigar, completely inclosing the same, as well as the grooves 12 and 14, said cap being held in position by the pin 16 or other suitable fastening device. In carrying out our novel method, it will be apparent that the cigar is initially rolled as usual, but instead of pasting the small end, tip or head and shaping it with the fingers of the operator, as is now customary, the shaping is effected by the action of the press,the protruding ends of the cigar being cut off to the desired length, as is customary, and after the cap of gelatin or other material is placed in position and secured by the pin, the cigar can be boxed or dispensed in the usual manner and will reach the consumer in a perfect, sanitary condition, as will be evident, since the workmans fingers do not touch the tip during the proc ess of manufacture. The consumer removes the cap when he smokes the cigar and the cigar in addition will draw much easier by reason of the hole produced by the pin in the cap.

It will be apparent that the provision of the annular and longitudinal grooves 12 and 14 will retain the wrapper around the be formed within the filler or body of the cigar, until the same reaches the point of consumption and the cigar reaches the consumer pure and clean by our novel method herein described, the cigar initially going through the regular course of manufacture, until it reaches the stage of perfecting the tip or head, all

necessity for the use of gum, paste or saliva to hold the wrapper in position being entirely eliminated by our novel step of producing the annular and longitudinal grooves 1.2 and 14L, in the cigar head, which sutfice to hold the wrapper in place.

It will of course be understood that the cigars are left for a reasonable time in the press 5 until the indentations or grooves 12 and 1a are set, and, after their removal from the press, the cap of gelatin or other suitable material is secured in place by the pin or otherfastening device and acts as a protection for the indentations or grooves 12 and 14 said cap also acting as a protection for the exposed tip and being further capa ble ofbeing used for advertising purposes, if desired.

It will thus be seen that by our novel 1nethod,we produce a cigar which is sanitary and hygienic and one wherein the necessity of the employment of gum, paste, musilage or other adhesive material or saliva of the workman is obviated and one wherein the fingers of the workman do not touch the tip or head of the cigar.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The method of manufacturing cigars, which consists in applying the wrapper to the bunch and then indenting the wrapper at the head of the cigar a short distance from the end thereof into said bunch, thereby securing the wrapper to the bunch.

2. The method of manufacturing cigars, which consists in applying the wrapper to the bunch, and next indenting the wrapper at the head of the cigar into the bunch to form annular and longitudinal grooves indented into the head end of the cigar.

3. The method of manufacturing cigars, which consists in applying the wrapper to the bunch, next indenting annular and longitudinal grooves in the head of the cigar into the wrapper and bunch, and lastly securing a cap upon the head'of said cigar and around said grooves.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a cigar having its wrapper secured thereon by an annular groove indented into the filler and bunch in the head thereof, whereby said wrapper is indented into said cigar and retained in position by said groove and without necessitating the employment of adhesive material.

5. As an improved article ture, a cigar having its wrapper secured thereon by annular and longitudinal grooves tion With a ca inclosing said grooves and in the head of the cigar, said grooves bea pin passing t rough said cap and inserted 10 ing indented into said Wrapper and bunch. into the head of the cigar.

6. As an improved article of manufac- WILLIAM F. METCALF. ture, a cigar having its Wrapper secured to SYLVESTER W. LEIDIOH. its bunch by means of annular and longi- Witnesses: tudinal grooves indented into the filler and C. D. MOVAY, bunch in the head of the cigar, in combina- F. A. NEWTON.

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